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curs_getyx(3)
NAME
  curs_getyx, getyx, getparyx, getbegyx, getmaxyx - Get Curses cursor and
  window coordinates

LIBRARY
  Curses Library (libcurses.a, libcurses.so)

SYNOPSIS
  #include <curses.h>

  void getyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
  void getparyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
  void getbegyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
  void getmaxyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);

STANDARDS
  Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards
  as follows:

  getyx:  XPG4, XPG4-UNIX

  getparyx, getbegyx, getmaxyx:	 XPG4-UNIX

  Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
  industry standards and associated tags.

DESCRIPTION
  The getyx macro places the cursor position of the window into the two
  integer variables y and x.

  If win is a subwindow, the getparyx macro places the beginning coordinates
  of the subwindow (relative to the parent window) into the two integer
  variables y and x.  Otherwise; the macro places -1 into y and x.

  Like getyx, the getbegyx and getmaxyx macros store the current beginning
  coordinates and size of the specified window.

NOTES
  The header file curses.h automatically includes the header file stdio.h.

  All of these interfaces are macros, and applications do not have to specify
  & before the variables y and x.

RETURN VALUES
  The return values of these macros are undefined (that is, they should not
  be used as the right-hand side of an assignment statements).

RELATED INFORMATION
  Functions: curses(3)

  Others: standards(5)